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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 10, 2010 Page 6 • Joint Meeting with Planning Commission Mayor Klausing apologized for the delay in tonight's meeting and thanked Plan- ning Commission Chair Doherty and Commissioners John Gisselquist and Joe Wozniak for their patience. Councilmember Roe requested the perspective of Planning Commissioners on their role in the Master Plan reviews related to the Comprehensive Plan process, an item also on tonight's agenda. Chair. Doherty opined that, since the Commission had been involved in the past, he felt it was their role to continue having a role to provide their expertise. Commissioners Gisselquist and Wozniak concurred, opining that it was an appro- priate use of Planning Commission time. Mayor Klausing commended the Planning Commission for their proficiency in hearing difficult issues and their consideration of all sides of a land use issue, and their respect of the process and in listening to public comment as they made rec- ommendations to the City Council. Councilmember Johnson echoed Mayor Klausing's remarks and expressed ap- preciation for Commissioner expertise; and asked for Commissioner comment on the zoning code rewrite process to-date. Chair Doherty noted the major public hearings and discussion coming before the Commission in the next few months related to that issue, and expressed his per- sonal appreciation to individual Commissioners for their detailed review of mate- rials and preparation prior to meetings, noting the diversity of the group and their varying opinions and agreeing to respectfully disagree on some issues when mak- ing arecommendation to the City Council Chair Doherty noted the expression by individual Commissioners related to their rationale behind decisions and recommendations. Commissioner Wozniak noted that this was in response to comments from the City Council and Planning Commission at last year's joint meeting, to provide more of a sense of what went into the decision-making process at the Planning Commission level. Mayor Klausing and Councilmember Johnson expressed their appreciation in knowing that rationale as the Council considered their own decision-making. • Chair Doherty noted inclusion of that discussion in the meeting minute detail pro- viding the depth of that thought process.